Australian English Meaning of italic

italics

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Definitions and Meaning of italic in English

Wordnet

italic (n)

a style of handwriting with the letters slanting to the right

a branch of the Indo-European languages of which Latin is the chief representative

a typeface with letters slanting upward to the right

Wordnet

italic (a)

characterized by slanting characters

of or relating to the Italic languages

Webster

italic (a.)

Relating to Italy or to its people.

Applied especially to a kind of type in which the letters do not stand upright, but slope toward the right; -- so called because dedicated to the States of Italy by the inventor, Aldus Manutius, about the year 1500.

Webster

italic (n.)

An letter, character, or type (see Italic, a., 2.); -- often in the plural; as, the Italics are the author's. letters are used to distinguish words for emphasis, importance, antithesis, etc. Also, collectively, letters.

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italics

a style of handwriting with the letters slanting to the right, a branch of the Indo-European languages of which Latin is the chief representative, a typeface wi

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italian-speaking => Italian-speaking, italianizing => Italianizing, italianized => Italianised, italianize => Italianate, italianism => Italianism,